Environmental Science and Sustainability, BS

Required Courses

Students must take all courses listed below

• BIOL 1410 - Environmental Science and Sustainability 4 hour(s)
• BIOL 1402 - General Biology II 4 hour(s)
• BIOL 1401 - General Biology I 4 hour(s)
• CHEM 1401 - General Chemistry I 4 hour(s)
• CHEM 1402 - General Chemistry II 4 hour(s)
• BIOL 2455 - General Ecology 4 hour(s)
• BIOL 3100 - Seminar in Environmental Science and Sustainability Careers 1 hour(s)
• BIOL 4490 - Environmental Science Internship 4 hour(s)

Additional Courses

Choose seven (7) of the courses below:

• ANTH 2351 - Cultural Anthropology 3 hour(s)
• BIOL 3450 - Environmental Toxicology 4 hour(s)
• BIOL 4481 - Research and Writing 4 hour(s)
• CMAS 4320 - Women, Gender and Migration 3 hour(s)
• ECON 2302 - Principles of Economics II 3 hour(s)
• HIST 5370 - Special Issues: World History 3 hour(s)
• MGMT 4308 - Sustainability in Business 3 hour(s)
• PHIL 4352 - Global Justice 3 hour(s)
• POLS 4351 - Environmental Policy and Law 3 hour(s)
• SOCI 3319 - Mapping the Social World 3 hour(s)
• SOCI 4327 - Environmental Sociology 3 hour(s)

Collateral Courses

Some courses in the list of electives require prerequisite courses not already included in the degree plan. These courses are listed below. The student may have to take all or some of these courses depending on choices of electives. Some may be built into GE credit. For example, ECON2301 or POLS1301 can be taken towards the SOCIAL SCIENCE GE requirement, and then ECON2302 or POLS4351 may be chosen from the elective list, respectively. Also note: BIOL4481 requires an additional 7 credit hours in biology as a prerequisite. 

• ECON 2301 - Principles of Economics I 3 hour(s)
• MKTG 3331 - Principles of Marketing 3 hour(s)
• POLS 1301 - American Government 3 hour(s)
• PHIL 2321 - Introduction to Philosophy 3 hour(s)

Suggested Sequencing of Major Courses:

Required for B.S. in Environmental Science and Sustainability

*Note: Courses listed below do not add up to 120 credit hours required for graduation. Students must supplement with a second major, minor(s), or elective courses.